Ellichpur

Ellichpur, chief town of a district (area, 2623 sq. m.; pop. 315,798) of the same name, in the north of Berar, was at one time capital of the Deccan, and is said to have contained 40,000 houses. Its buildings include an extensive palace (fast falling to ruin), a detached fort, the burial shrine of Dalla Rálmán, and several handsome tombs of the nawábs. The military cantonment of Paratwada is 2 miles distant. Pop. (1881) 26,728; (1891, with cantonment) 36,240.